Genesis 1:1-2, 4a

Genesis

Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath

1In the beginning when God created* the heavens and the earth,
2the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God* swept over the face of the waters.
4And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

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Psalm 8

Divine Majesty and Human Dignity

To the leader: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.1 O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouths of babes and infantsyou have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established;
4 what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals* that you care for them?

5 Yet you have made them a little lower than God,* and crowned them with glory and honour.
6 You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet,
7 all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

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2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Final Greetings and Benediction

11 Finally, brothers and sisters,* farewell.* Put things in order, listen to my appeal,* agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
12Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.

13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of* the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

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Matthew 28:16-20

The Commissioning of the Disciples

16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.
17When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.
18And Jesus came and said to them, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.*